Charles Ponzi once sold the Eiffel Tower in a con. But the best scam I can personally think of was an exploitation of a MeToo issue before there was a MeToo. This is my understanding of what went down.

Big Ships, Little Ships, There’s nothing like Friendships

Some Ships sail East. Some Ships sail West.

But the best Ships are Friendships. Of which I know best…

After skipping out on the bill at Pastis, Ed and the Jewish JFK make their way over to Spice Market. Both of them are trouble waiting for a place to happen… And then they meet me.

If there’s a better example of how New York City has changed than the fact that the restaurant Pastis was replaced by a Restoration Hardware store… well, I can’t think of one.

I recently heard Pastis reopened at 52 Gansevoort. Now if you didn’t live in New York City back in the early 2000’s, you may think, so what?

But it’s more important than you think.

Let’s start off by picturing two salesmen who arranged to meet at Pastis after the market closed one day. And then throw in some Chuck Norris jokes.

This podcast is the follow up to Episode 38 and deals with a trader we called Goose, because he was the world’s best wingman. Goose also features in Episode 18 when he surprised us rolling out of a fountain in his underwear one morning in Rio de Janeiro.

This was a long time ago, so I'll make it quick

Walking into today's lifeless, silent trading floors might as well be another planet when I think about the desks I cut my teeth on 20 years ago. And this episode is about why that is.

People still complain about a lack of diversity on Wall Street, but let me tell you it was very unusual to come across someone from Central or South America on a trading desk 15 years ago.

This story is about one of those exceptions to the rule, a trader we’ll call Slayer.